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Boston police to search rail riders; work stops
(Reuters circulated the following article on June 8.) BOSTON -- Boston's transit police on Tuesday announced plans to search subway and train riders to foil a possible a terror attack while other city workers brought preparations for the Democratic National Convention...
School bus driver suspended after train scare
(The following story by Barney Lerten appeared on the Bend Bugle website on June 8.) BEND, Ore. -- A Bend-La Pine school bus driver was suspended Tuesday after a frightening few moments at a railroad crossing in Deschutes River Woods: The bus, full of middle-school...
Flaming UP train passes through Alamogordo
(The following story by Monica M. Brown appeared on the Alamagordo Daily News website on June 8.) ALAMAGORDO, N.M. -- People watching a train pass this morning got a shock when they observed flames rising above the second engine. According to dispatch at the...
Derailed train cars moved for inspection
(The following article by Holley Gilbert was posted on the Oregonian website on June 9.) VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Rail traffic returned to normal early Tuesday after six derailed train cars were moved to a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway terminal for unloading and...
Amtrak derailment snarls Metra line
(The following report appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on June 8.) CHICAGO -- Rail commuters to the southwest suburbs faced a long detour and delays of up to an hour heading home this afternoon after a derailment on Chicago's South Side closed tracks used by...
Arson suspected in GO train bridge fire
(The following report by Kevin McGran appeared on the Toronto Star website on June 8.) TORONTO -- Police suspect arson after a fire damaged a bridge on the weekend, forcing 1,400 Markham-area GO Train commuters to take a bus or drive to work for the next week or two....
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on June 7.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 2,492 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 64,421 WEST COAST VICTORIES—A total of 2,344 health care and other workers at four West Coast hospitals voted recently to join...
VIA’s Bras d’Or excursion train back by popular demand
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on June 7.) MONTREAL -- Entering its fifth year, VIA Rail Canada's seasonal service to Cape Breton Island attracts passengers from across Canada and around the globe. The Bras d'Or operates one round-trip per week between...
VIA Rail celebrates 100th anniversary of the Ocean
(Via Rail issued the following news release on June 7.) MONTREAL -- On July 3, 2004, VIA Rail Canada will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Ocean, VIA's Atlantic Canada overnight train. For this historic moment, VIA is initiating a pricing promotion offering...
BNSF recognized by Toyota Logistics Services for excellence in customer service
(BNSF distributed the following news release on June 7.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) was recognized by Toyota Logistics Services with Toyota's Logistics Excellence Award in Railroad Customer Service for 2003. The...
